Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Easter Sunday, April 17th - A fine if rather brisk (with wind out of the N-W) day, many observers out & about all day. Unsurprisingly many chose to make the north end of the park part or all of their walk in Central, with at least one bird lingering from Saturday known to be around, the male Prothonotary Warbler which obliged for many who came. Also of note, a male Hooded Warbler in the n. end as well, and at least 4 additional warbler spp. there seen by many, Black-and-white Warbler, and Palm, Pine and [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warblers, the latter 3 spp. in the multiple. The southern third of Central also had some birds of note, including a lingering Worm-eating Warbler (east side near E. 72 St.), Prairie Warbler, & N. Parula, with Louisiana Waterthrush also lurking at the reedy north section of the Pond, & the aforementioned 3 more-common warbler spp. also around. A (solo) Yellow Warbler also persisted at / near The Meer on Sun., not singing much at all, in contrast with the active male Prothonotary (at the Loch).
Purple Finch were still present in Central, with at least 1 of them again seen visiting the feeders in the Ramble on Sunday. Not as noted for their movement & numbers, American Goldfinch have increased greatly in recent days, and perhaps esp. as of Sunday. At least a few [Red] Fox Sparrows were still around, & other sparrows included Field, Chipping, Savannah (Hecksher ballfield area), Swamp, Song, & White-throated as well as Slate-colored Junco, and a multitude of E. Towhees. Both Kinglet spp. were seen, however Golden-crowned by now are scarcer, with Ruby-crowned far more widespread. Hooded Merganser (single female on the C.P. reservoir) & American Coot are among lingerers for after the middle of April. At least 3 Wood Ducks remained in Central and other lingering waterfowl included Buffleheads, N. Shovelers, Gadwall, and Ruddy Ducks. Both Great & Snowy Egrets were seen, the latter as (typical) flyovers, mostly from the n. end of Central, and Black-crowned Night-Heron also were continuing in several locations. In all, more than 70 species were found in Central Park on Sunday, that tally also included a fair variety of raptor spp. although none in any large numbers (as flyovers), & 3 spp. of swallow - the "typical-three", Tree, N. Rough-winged, & Barn. Also seen were at least 3 spp. of wren, including House Wren & Winter Wren. Flycatchers still are all-about E. Phoebes. I looked again for Indigo Bunting (& B. Oriole) but was unable to find on Sunday, although either could be lingering. (In other parts of N.Y. City, some early Indigos, as well as both of our breeding Oriole spp. have been seen; the N.Y. County sightings were not isolated.) Also, incidentally some Bank Swallows (as well as Cliff) have moved thru and have been found on-territory as much as 100+ miles n. of Manhattan & probably some a lot farther, as well. There was at least a bit of migration, even with the chilly night - for Sun. night into Monday. - - - N.B., there some observers trying their luck on Randall’s Island (in N.Y. County) on Sunday, yet no reports came thru for a Least Bittern that had been found there on Sat. 4/16. That species had however been found again onward into Sunday 4/17 in Kings County (Brooklyn, N.Y. City). good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
